Ciprico's NETarray Passes MIL-STD 901, Grade B Testing With No Exceptions.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2001 Ciprico Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI See CompactPCI. ) announced today that their NETarray storage solution recently passed the MIL-STD MIL-STD Military Standard 901, Grade B, Class III shock testing verifying the product's durability in the most rigorous and harsh environments. The MIL-STD 901, Grade B testing is a standard U. S. Navy test for shock in shipboard command and control applications. Repeated 400 pound blows to the NETarray unit on all three axes were performed from heights of one foot, three feet and five feet. The unit passed with no exceptions. Test results are validated by an independent test laboratory and available upon request. "Passing this military standard is nothing new for Ciprico products," said Steve Kovacs, Ciprico Government & Military Market Manager. "We are again demonstrating to our many military customers our strength in militarized mil·i·ta·rize tr.v. mil·i·ta·rized, mil·i·ta·riz·ing, mil·i·ta·riz·es 1. To equip or train for war. 2. To imbue with militarism. 3. To adopt for use by or in the military. storage solutions. The NETarray is well suited to many mission-critical applications, providing the high I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output needed. Its robust design and performance ensure the Navy's toughest demands are met. Even while operating in these harsh conditions, the NETarray will provide continuous 7 x 24 operation." Building on Ciprico's open architecture product strategy, the NETarray provides a true heterogeneous storage solution, supporting multiple operating systems on such common platforms as SUN, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , HP, and COMPAQ, among others. The NETarray's built-in web server provides all storage management necessary to manage and maintain the NETarray. Access to this utility is through a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Standard software protocols SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. are supported, and the firmware is easily upgraded using FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to . The NETarray is the only RAID product on the market today that provides this superior functionality. "Whether on a ship, airborne or wheeled vehicle platform, Ciprico has developed a strong reputation of implementing durable and reliable storage solutions." adds Kovacs. "Ciprico is the leader in the military market in providing the most complete range of bandwidth, I/O and Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions for visual, image, and other data intensive applications - `protecting your image' - no matter what the operational environment." About Ciprico Ciprico designs, manufactures and markets high-performance, direct-attached and networked storage solutions, including intelligent hardware, software and professional services. Ciprico storage solutions are designed for visual computing applications ranging from high-speed data capture, through processing and analysis, to real-time playback at sustained performance levels. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More information about Ciprico is available on the World Wide Web at www.ciprico.com. Copyright(c)2000 Ciprico - All Rights Reserved. Ciprico is a registered trademark of Ciprico Inc. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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